plastidipped car paint thread thingo

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Tue May 07, 2013 7:42 pm

yo!
so i thourght i would have a go at plasti dipping my whole car! looked cool and i loe how u can change the apperance so much with paint. already did my wheels/taillights/badges fuel cap and a few other small things but never a pannel. was pretty eventful... but with me and joel........ everything goes to sh!t

first here is a pic of my car before...

dont get me wrong i loved the red! but i do alot of highwat driving and in turn have a fair bit of chips ect from that :/ soo.. i love matt black on cars so i decided on that! then second colour for wheels... joel begged me not to get fluro pink... so i decided on green! enjoy a fe pics ^^

this is it all done

oh yea and i bourght some pretty strong tyre shine a while back and tryed to shine my wheels as they were matt black plastidipped ( same as my car now). gives me an idea that i can tyre shine my whole car??? it is a before and after of just rubbing in some tyre shine

over all it went well, cost 300 all up which was 7 cans of black, 2 cans of green, maskingtape. well worth it in my eyes. really love the change hope it looks ok to some of you too haha.
thankyouuu if u made it this far!

James

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Tue May 07, 2013 7:59 pm

:O

So does this affect your registration at all when your colour changes completely?

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Tue May 07, 2013 8:03 pm

Lokiel wrote::O

So does this affect your registration at all when your colour changes completely?

i have no clue at all xD i never have police attention to not really fussed.

James

BadBong · Postby **BadBong** » Tue May 07, 2013 8:11 pm

That's great effort mate and I'm sure it'll look good.

Can you post some close up shots? Planning to do my wheels this month too.

Novice1 · Postby **Novice1** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:57 pm

Thanks for the pics James. I like it. Did you have any trouble with plast dip running or bubbling.

Novice1

Postby **Okibi** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:16 pm

Looks like a nice way to upgrade to a black SE. :mrgreen:

I'll be keen to see how well it lasts.

If a cop ever pulls you over about the colour of your car, you can simply peel off the black in front of their eyes.

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Tue May 07, 2013 11:25 pm

One side of me say's nice job. Love to see people going outside the square ....

The other side say's NOOOOO!! how could you do that to an SE???!!!!!!

:lol:

Kenstaki · Postby **Kenstaki** » Wed May 08, 2013 12:03 am

What happened when you got to the wheels? Couldn't be bothered masking the tires?

MadMikey · Postby **MadMikey** » Wed May 08, 2013 2:30 am

Looks great James!

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Wed May 08, 2013 7:17 am

Kenstaki wrote:What happened when you got to the wheels? Couldn't be bothered masking the tires?

One I didn't mask, but the rest I did, not to far, its pretty easy to rub off tyres when I get a chance and also driving it make it fall of rubber so yea doesn't look so sketchy now

Yea been getting a lot of ppl saying they feel sorry for the car but meh I really like the change. Gl trying to find a SE or NB like this one.

James

MINX · Postby **MINX** » Wed May 08, 2013 8:29 am

Your rear suspension is still broken!

sixthsense · Postby **sixthsense** » Wed May 08, 2013 8:32 am

Quick, economical and easy change of entire appearance. Props.

Postby **Okibi** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:46 am

And $300 is a pretty cheap way to protect the original paint from most stone chips and scratches.

EVLGURL · Postby **EVLGURL** » Wed May 08, 2013 12:09 pm

Wow, this is really awesome. Especially since you can easily change the colour so quickly & cheaply.
I also like the idea that it is keeping your original paint safe from things like stone chips.